Does Quotes

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

I respect his talents, even as he does mine.

What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

There is no job a man can do that is undignified - if he does it well.

'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

Modesty forbids what the law does not.

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.

I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dog's name and then I asked, 'Does he bite?' and she said, 'No.' And I said, 'So how does he eat?' Liar!

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.

I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.

So we really need jobs now. We have to take jobs away from other countries because other countries are taking our jobs. There is practically not a country that does business with the United States that isn't making - let's call it a very big profit. I mean China is going to make $300 billion on us at least this year.

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.

But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its wrong. I think it does give terrorists an unwarranted excuse to use the despicable means to hurt innocent people.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?

I don't think that strategically it is smart to begin cutting your options when the other side does not move at all.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.